Books on armor and Sparta

[Zixor]

Can anyone recommend books or websites that include historically accurate photographs or illustrations of armor or whatever military dress was worn by the armies of the ancient world. I am interested particularly in the Spartans and Romans, though I would like to see books and sites that depict the armor of other armies as well.

I also am looking for a book about Sparta. I was considering Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC by Paul Cartledge as it is recommended in the EB bibliography section. However there is only one review for it on amazon, so I would like to know if this is a worthwhile read or if there is another book that you would more highly recommend.

Thanks.

[antisocialmunky]

Osprey is usually quite good for pictures. :)

PS. I just realised how awesome adding 'and Sparta' onto thread names is.

[Phalanx300]

Well a good looking book with some basic information (though not fully correct at some parts :dizzy2:) is The Spartan Army, by Nick Sekunda. Pretty basic about army structure and clothing, hair etc.

For more I gues you would have to go to more ancient sources and face death. :no: Though there are probably some more modern books about the Spartans which would spare some time. :2thumbsup:

Here are some sites with alot of information about the Spartans, a quote from my from TWCenter on Hegemonia subforum:


Some very usefull sites:

http://www.elysiumgates.com/~helena/index.html - This one is really good, make you feel different about Sparta if you hated them before, or just didn't like them . Be sure to read all pages!

http://www.sparta.markoulakispublications.org.uk/ - This one you guys already have, its a good site none the less.

http://www.spartan-world.de/ - This one is also really good with alot of information on Sparta like the top one.

http://www.spartasmores.gr/ - A Greek Reenactment group who reenact the Spartan Hoplites, they show a good and realistic Phalanx on youtube. With accurate commands for the Hoplites as well. They were also the ones to restart the Nemean games.

This is also a usefull site telling about late Sparta at Leuktra and some information about its goverment system: http://www.periclespress.com/spartal2.html

[Chris1959]

Whilst it caused a lot of controvesy in the "Historical Hoplite Thread", "Greece and Rome at War" by Peter Connolly is a good all round text with lots of nice illustrations. A new edition came out in 1998 so bear in mind new info will have arisen since then.

[Skullheadhq]

Whilst it caused a lot of controvesy in the "Historical Hoplite Thread", "Greece and Rome at War" by Peter Connolly is a good all round text with lots of nice illustrations. A new edition came out in 1998 so bear in mind new info will have arisen since then.

There was a thread with all sorts of books you could read. Isn't it in there?

[Chris1959]

Probably but I think it was a thread a while back on the EB bibliography, which I couldn't find in the time I had.